Abstract Background Interviews are among the most familiar strategies for collecting qualitative data. The different qualitative interviewing strategies in common use emerged from diverse disciplinary perspectives resulting in a wide variation among interviewing approaches. Unlike the highly structured survey interviews and questionnaires used in epidemiology and most health services research, we examine less structured interview strategies in which the person interviewed is more a participant in meaning making than a conduit from which information is retrieved. Purpose In this article we briefly review the more common qualitative interview methods and then focus on the widely used individual face-to-face in-depth interview, which seeks to foster learning about individual experiences and perspectives on a given set of issues. We discuss methods for conducting in-depth interviews and consider relevant ethical issues with particular regard to the rights and protection of the participants.

Barbara DiCicco-Bloom

Benjamin F Crabtree

Medical Education

医学教育致力于成为医疗保健专业教育领域的杰出期刊，并出版最高质量的材料，反映世界范围内或具有挑衅性的问题和观点。该杂志欢迎有关健康专业教育各个方面的高质量论文包括;-本科教育-研究生培训-继续专业发展-跨专业教育

Medical Education aims to be a leading journal in the field of healthcare professional education, publishing high-quality materials that reflect challenging issues and perspectives from around the world. The journal welcomes high-quality papers on all aspects of health professional education, including undergraduate education, graduate training, continuing professional development, and interprofessional education.

《Medical Education》致力于成为医疗保健专业教育领域的杰出期刊，出版高质量的材料，反映全球范围内或具有挑战性的问题和观点。该杂志欢迎关于健康专业教育各个方面的高质量论文，包括：本科教育、研究生培训、继续专业发展和跨专业教育。

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The qualitative research interview

This work examines less structured interview strategies in which the person interviewed is more a participant in meaning making than a conduit from which information is retrieved.

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The qualitative research interview

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